Ideas for Music Video

01/10/14

In our group ( Megan Harris, Aaron Pye, Hayley Boyle and me) we discussed possible ideas of our music video. We are planning on making our music video to be a narrative of a young ballet dancer. The narrative is of a young girl aspiring to be a ballet dancer and as she grows up she fulfils her dream. However through this progress she encounters problems with her family of her parents constantly arguing. The narrative will convey the message of the girl dancing to keep her away from family problems and will also express her feeling and emotions of feeling lonely and fed up of her parents always arguing.

The main macro feature we will focus on will be the cinematography of getting those camera angles right as well as the shots. We will take a lot of close ups of different parts of her feet, face and hands when the girl is dancing to show her body language and the emotions expressed. The visuals will show all the different ways in which the girl is struggling; shot of the girl sitting down on the side of the pavement waiting for her mum or dad to pick her up after a dance lesson. This will convey the message of her parents being so caught up in their arguments they are not showing love and time to her daughter. 

We began to think about the setting side of mise-en-scene in which we will film scenes at places like dance studio, girls bedroom, theatre and street. As we want to film elements in a professional ballet stage as well as a dance room. The theatre we researched that was nearby by was at Bob Hope Theatre which can be hired for free of charge.This theatre is perfect as it gives that big show feel and its nearby as it is based in Eltham which will mean that it will be easier for us all to travel there.

However we are finding it a little bit difficult to get hold of this theatre as well as a mass audience to make the shot look like there is a moderate audience and give that show feel.  The other problem is that the theatre is only free to use on a unsay morning and we will need our teacher (Shaun Grimsley) to come with us as he knows the manager but the school will not allow him to come with us unless all our parents send an informed consent.  

Therefore we decided to look in to Curzon Soho Cinema as our back-up if we don't get our first choice of the Bob Hope Theatre. The Curzon Soho Cinema doesn't look to bad as it still gives that stage feel and professional looking setting. Here we would only be able to film after closing times due to it being a cinema. The problem here will still be of finding enough people to be the audience to give the realistic show feel. Due to the cinema being up central London it will be difficult for us all to travel and get to the area.